The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-11-03

Grand Forks having Mr. Alsip's little
daughter, who was abducted by her
mother and taken to Fergus Fails. 1t
was found necessary to sue out a writ
OF habeas corpus to recover the child.
A Finlander named William Gabriel.
son, who owned a farm east of Fred.
erick fell from a load of grain and was
crushed to death.
Mrs. Henry Newton, one OF the old
settlers n Wolsey county, is Dead
The date of the meeting OF the stock
breeders association, which was fixed
at the Mitchell fair for Oct. 25, has
been changed to Nov. rs. The meet
ing will be held in Jamestown and
promises to bring together quite a
number of stockmen.
At the city election held at Devils
Lake, the Citizens ticket, with A. C.
Hansborough for mayor, was elected
without opposition. The citizens
turned out with a band and serenaded
the first mayor the city has " had.
At the Methodist conference at Far
60, the committee on college reported
and recommended that the institution
be located somewhere in the Red Riv-
er Valley-either in Dakota or Min.
nesota-with the understanding that
no other similar institution shall be
established within the next ten years,
and a committee of five be appoint
ed to confer with O like committee
from the Minnesota conferencein re.
gard to the selection of site. Fargo
and MOorhead are the only places
spoken OF as a locationfor the school..
The report was accepted. na
Several cases OF claim jumping un-
der the recent decision of the secretary
of the interior with regard to indemni..
ty lands, have been reported at Car
rington north of Jamestown. Two
sections belonging to Elliott Smith cf
New York have been squatted upon,
and several other pieces have been
shacked. Some interesting litigation
is promised if this continues. %
" Charles A. Wilson,, a s%tenographer
with the law firm OF Dillon &" Preston,
and Miss Minnie Brokaw of Mitchell,
were quietly married at Alexandria
recently. The parents of the bride
knew nothing of the wedding, although
there was no objection to it, the
couple having been engaged for some
time. : ~. t} NJ.
G. A. Weller. who was register or
the land Office at Yankton from Sept.
1873 to July l, 1886, and for twelve
years editor and publisher Of the Free
Press, an influential German paper,
died of apoplexy. He was among the
most talented and influential German
citizens. He served in the Forty.ffth
Wisconsin regiment in the civil war
and was mustered out a lieutenant.
He had but recently returned from
Europe.
a slide Of rock on 100 feet ofslevel
Of tho Iron Hill mine, at Deadwpod,
brought down ore Of the estimated
value Of one hundred thousand dol
lars. Assays are said to give a re-
turn Of one hundred and twenty
dollars per ton andTitis be-
lieved that a very large, body exists
which will reach that value.
One Of the boilers in Sioux Falls gas
works exploded, jarringthe entire city.
There were two men in the building at
the time and they escaped without
injury, although the building was
thoroughly demolished. Ogden Bar
rett, an Old man who WAS driving a
horse in the vicinity, was seriously ins
jured. B
The Northern Pacific, La Moure n
Missouri railroad, an extension 81 the
Fargo q Southwestern, has been COM
pleted as far as Edgely, and will be
Operated to thatDoint after Nov. 1.